diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
index 13d3fec2e0a8..0fec382e74df 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskController.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TaskController extends BaseController
         }
 
         return $table->addColumn('created_at', function($model) { return link_to("tasks/{$model->public_id}/edit", Task::calcStartTime($model)); })
-                ->addColumn('time_log', function($model) { return gmdate('H:i:s', Task::calcDuration($model)); })
+                ->addColumn('time_log', function($model) { return Utils::formatTime(Task::calcDuration($model)); })
                 ->addColumn('description', function($model) { return $model->description; })
                 ->addColumn('invoice_number', function($model) { return self::getStatusLabel($model); })
                 ->addColumn('dropdown', function ($model) {
diff --git a/app/Libraries/Utils.php b/app/Libraries/Utils.php
index 650a9ef74117..0a42cd634bad 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/Utils.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/Utils.php
@@ -330,16 +330,6 @@ class Utils
         return $date->format($format);
     }
 
-    public static function getTimestampOffset()
-    {
-        $timezone = new DateTimeZone(Session::get(SESSION_TIMEZONE, DEFAULT_TIMEZONE));
-        $datetime = new DateTime('now', $timezone);
-        $offset = $timezone->getOffset($datetime);
-        $minutes = $offset / 60;
-
-        return $minutes;
-    }
-
     public static function toSqlDate($date, $formatResult = true)
     {
         if (!$date) {
@@ -379,6 +369,13 @@ class Utils
         return $formatResult ? $dateTime->format($format) : $dateTime;
     }
 
+    public static function formatTime($t)
+    {
+        // http://stackoverflow.com/a/3172665
+        $f = ':';
+        return sprintf("%02d%s%02d%s%02d", floor($t/3600), $f, ($t/60)%60, $f, $t%60);
+    }
+
     public static function today($formatResult = true)
     {
         $timezone = Session::get(SESSION_TIMEZONE, DEFAULT_TIMEZONE);
diff --git a/resources/views/tasks/edit.blade.php b/resources/views/tasks/edit.blade.php
index b1cafebc3ceb..47dcb6a23d5a 100644
--- a/resources/views/tasks/edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/tasks/edit.blade.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                         <p/>
 
                         @if ($task->hasPreviousDuration())
-                            {{ trans('texts.duration') . ': ' . gmdate('H:i:s', $task->getDuration()) }}<br/>
+                            {{ trans('texts.duration') . ': ' . Utils::formatTime($task->getDuration()) }}<br/>
                         @endif
 
                         @if (!$task->is_running)